"At that time [1909] the chief engineer was almost always the chief test pilot as well. That had the fortunate result of eliminating poor engineering early in aviation."
–Igor Sikorsky
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“I’m a catch!” You’ll want to shout at them. “I’m smart and adorable and my jokes are well-timed and my hair
looks fantastic today.” You’ll comb through possible reasons why they are not as ethereally pumped about you
as you are about them and you’ll come up empty-handed at best, filled with self-doubt at worst. You will resolve
to care less. You will strive to inhibit the most basic emotional response possible to a situation that you are happy about.
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Because the last thing this world needs is one more indifferent person. If you’re the only one left with passion, then use it. Use the hell out of it. At the end of your life, go out with a bruised-up, worn out heart that gave too much and loved too strongly and felt too fiercely. Go out with the certainty that you gave it everything you had and didn’t hold anything back. Go out empty-handed when it comes to should-haves and might-have-beens. Because it’s an infinitely more fulfilling way to live than the alternative.
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